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PostPosted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:29 pm    Post subject: What the? Reply with quote



I've no idea if this is real, but it's impressive either way...
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:40 am    Post subject: Re: What the? Reply with quote

faceless wrote:
I've no idea if this is real, but it's impressive either way...


That was an octopus, camoflaged in the 'weeds'... soon as it felt the camera guy was a threat, it swam off....
Obviously the reverse in slo-mo was to show how great it was hidden.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:13 am    Post subject: Re: What the? Reply with quote

6ULDV8 wrote:
faceless wrote:
I've no idea if this is real, but it's impressive either way...


That was an octopus, camoflaged in the 'weeds'... soon as it felt the camera guy was a threat, it swam off....
Obviously the reverse in slo-mo was to show how great it was hidden.


as far as I knew only the cuttlefish could change like that - not octopus...
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:49 am    Post subject: Re: What the? Reply with quote

faceless wrote:
6ULDV8 wrote:
faceless wrote:
I've no idea if this is real, but it's impressive either way...


That was an octopus, camoflaged in the 'weeds'... soon as it felt the camera guy was a threat, it swam off....
Obviously the reverse in slo-mo was to show how great it was hidden.


as far as I knew only the cuttlefish could change like that - not octopus...

They're able to also. What's neat is they don't just use it as camo but they also use color changes to communicate with each other.
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